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Symposium and Launching of the Food Industry Documents Archive

The UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the UCSF Industry Documents Library are excited to announce the public launching of the New Food Industry Documents Archive with a stellar lineup of speakers for our First Annual Symposium on Thursday, November 15th, 2018 at the UCSF Laurel Heights Auditorium.

Marion Nestle, PhD., the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, Emerita, and author of the new book, Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat.

The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) is proud to announce the 2018 Signature Award and Leadership Award recipients. The leaders will receive their awards at the AMIA 2018 Annual Symposium, taking place Nov. 3 – 7, in San Francisco. Julia Adler-Milstein will be awarded the Don Eugene Detmer Award for Health Policy Contribution in Informatics.

Beyond The ACA: Paths To Universal Coverage In California

California’s single-payer legislation is stalled, but the state will establish a task force to pursue unified public financing to achieve universal health insurance. California’s 2018 gubernatorial and legislative elections will provide a forum for further health policy debate and, depending on election outcomes, may establish momentum for more sweeping change. Article in Health Affairs by Andrew B. Bindman, Marian R. Mulkey, and Richard Kronick.